Morgan Mununggurr visits the clinic in Yirrkala three times a week for dialysis, but talks about the "unlucky" ones - those who have to leave their families and travel long distances to receive the treatment.

The head of the Northern Land Council says a major rethink of northern development is needed and he fears one of the Northern Territory Government's key strategies for boosting agriculture will lead to little but heartache for Indigenous people.

There is a huge disparity between the way Indigenous and non-Indigenous people are sentenced by Australia's justice system, according to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner Mick Gooda.

A Territory community's work for the dole program is about to collapse, with accusations a Sydney-based company stands to keep receiving funding while nothing happens on the ground and jobs hang in the balance.

An Indigenous affairs adviser to Tony Abbott apologises for wearing a Confederate flag costume to an event, saying he was "unaware" of the flag's connection to racial tensions after a mass shooting in the United States.

A woman who was chronically ill and died while in the Alcohol Mandatory Treatment program was never given an extensive physical examination by a doctor after she was put in state care, a coronial inquest hears.

The journey towards a constitutional referendum on Indigenous recognition has a new roadmap, but we are still no closer to reaching a breakthrough deal.

A consensus still has to be reached among Indigenous leadership, while the inclusion of a racial non-discrimination clause remains a point of contention.

But what has been agreed upon is that a purely symbolic change isn't enough - so we need to get this right or risk missing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shift the power relationship between black and white Australia.

Noel Pearson blasts the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader after a summit on Indigenous recognition in Sydney, saying while the event was "a good start", it was "stage-managed" and left a "bitter taste" in his mouth.